Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2012

A detailed overview of landings of sea fish; the Scottish fishing fleet; and the number of sea fishermen employed.


Table 1.7c Quantity and value of all landings into Scotland by district and main species 1: 2008 to 2012

Quantity (tonnes) Value (£'000)
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Eyemouth
Haddock 128 138 30 223 182 116 133 35 283 206
Whiting 47 54 29 31 22 39 30 24 29 20
Other demersal 56 89 44 46 39 92 150 76 77 70
Total demersal 231 281 103 299 243 247 313 135 389 297
Mackerel 6 18 25 47 39 5 15 20 45 46
Other pelagic - - 0 0 - - - 0 0 -
Total pelagic 6 18 25 47 39 5 15 20 45 46
Edible crabs 198 211 215 247 303 214 226 238 318 391
Lobsters 112 149 149 192 186 1,151 1,594 1,401 1,962 1,787
Nephrops 1,620 1,792 1,254 1,308 1,271 3,844 4,001 3,168 4,000 4,212
Scallops 48 235 145 44 31 121 384 264 82 57
Squid 29 11 106 - 2 83 18 236 - 5
Velvet crabs 86 72 34 60 60 132 116 55 97 101
Other shellfish 18 3 0 16 11 10 1 1 52 28
Total shellfish 2,110 2,472 1,902 1,868 1,865 5,555 6,340 5,362 6,511 6,582
Total landings 2,348 2,771 2,030 2,213 2,147 5,808 6,669 5,516 6,944 6,925
Fraserburgh
Cod 559 459 419 330 234 1,011 791 776 645 410
Haddock 2,947 3,782 3,294 2,486 2,416 2,008 2,262 2,735 2,304 1,872
Hake 145 130 130 103 50 119 99 128 93 59
Halibut 81 63 49 22 - 409 402 366 210 -
Lemon sole 196 136 148 163 92 407 240 285 410 189
Ling 185 204 164 110 75 236 268 222 176 106
Megrims 333 246 129 101 48 823 604 267 284 97
Monkfish 1,696 1,289 1,056 792 527 4,726 4,105 3,372 2,758 1,707
Plaice 171 108 99 132 94 107 58 52 75 54
Saithe 598 579 400 539 245 317 382 344 599 258
Whiting 1,788 1,407 984 1,259 1,085 1,311 1,009 936 1,264 926
Witches 369 325 271 231 184 417 389 317 286 188
Other demersal 149 167 79 91 99 255 264 139 194 260
Total demersal 9,213 8,895 7,221 6,359 5,148 12,144 10,873 9,940 9,300 6,126
Mackerel 5,464 11,740 7,991 10,465 10,856 3,610 9,999 6,599 11,736 9,741
Other pelagic 2,361 3,213 8 880 2,715 688 956 3 400 1,167
Total pelagic 7,824 14,953 7,999 11,345 13,571 4,298 10,956 6,601 12,136 10,907
Edible crabs 332 338 430 481 471 435 449 573 650 626
Lobsters 12 22 20 26 24 121 251 188 261 244
Nephrops 11,219 11,889 10,961 6,809 4,366 30,101 23,893 25,496 25,203 17,162
Scallops 683 953 796 596 477 5,674 1,874 1,334 1,244 980
Squid 223 390 673 220 98 592 929 1,965 1,195 390
Velvet crabs 44 63 64 68 75 68 96 115 130 133
Other shellfish 5 5 2 3 2 4 6 4 4 3
Total shellfish 12,519 13,659 12,947 8,203 5,515 36,995 27,499 29,676 28,686 19,537
Total landings 29,557 37,507 28,166 25,907 24,234 53,437 49,328 46,217 50,122 36,570

(1) Main species are those where the quantity landed into Scottish districts was 20 tonnes or over in 2010.

Contact

Back to top